Shoulder
The shoulder is this type of joint
Ball-and-socket joint
The elbow is this type of joint
Hinge joint
The the carpals are just proximal to what bones?
Metacarpals
Another name for fingers
Phalanges
Several Joints of the shoulder are prone to this overstretching of ligaments injury.
Sprains
A fluid filled sack located between the olecranon and the skin.
Olecranon Bursa
Wrist sprains commonly occur from What?
Overuse, Falls, and Forceful twist motion.
An injury to the medial collateral ligament of the thumb due to forcing the thumb into abduction.
Game keepers thumb
A patient is able to move his joints but needs help from a health care worker to move the joints through the full range of motion. What kind of ROM exercise is this considered?
Active Assistive ROM
Name four motions of the shoulder
Flex, ext, add, abd, inter rot, exter rot, hori add, hori abd
Inflammation of the lateral epicondyle from overuse of wrist extensor muscles.
Tennis elbow
How can you protect the wrist from injury?
Proper equipment, padding, bracing
An injury of the finger in which the flexor tendon tears from the fingertip.
Jersey finger
A sprain of the acromioclavicular ligament is referred to as?
Shoulder separation
Injury MOI, violent hyperextension or a severe blow to the lateral side of the elbow.
Ulnar dislocation
The total number of phalanges in both hands.
28
Fingertip receiving an impact that causes the extensor tendon to be torn from the bone
Mallet finger
Volar referred to what?
The palm side of the hand.
The Rotator cuff consists of these four muscles.
Supraspinatous, Infraspinatus, Teres minor & Subscapularis
Two common type of fractures that occur at the elbow
Epiphyseal & Avulsion
The joint that is between the phalanges and is furthest away from the attachment to the wrist
Distal interphalangeal joint
Affects the abductor and extensor muscles of the thumb
de Quervain's tendinitis
What should be applied to an injury during the first two to three days?
Cold tx, ice